ため息

ため息

Japanese

Kanji in this term
息
いき Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

• 溜め息
• 溜息

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ためー​き [tàmééꜜkì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ta̠me̞ːkʲi]

Noun

ため息 (hiragana ためいき, rōmaji tameiki)

1. sigh

   ため息 (いき)を吐 (つ)く

   tameiki o tsuku

   to sigh

   ため息 (いき)ばかりつく人 (ひと)

   tameiki bakari tsuku hito

   person who sighs all the time

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN